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Home Front: Getting Started on Nursery Decor, Midcentury Lighting and Allergy-Free Couches
Post Home Section staffers Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza take questions on your decorating dilemmas. This week, they find out how museums pick colors for their gallery walls, and why people paint their porch ceilings blue.
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Young photographers urged to enter contest
Young snappers are being asked to take a walk on the wild side for an annual RSPCA photography competition. (08/08/2008 16:20:07)
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The refuge that allows Gaza to reflect on past glories
It may seem an odd dilemma in a territory where more than half of families live below an internationally defined poverty line, but Jawdat Khoudary is wondering whether there should be museum charges in Gaza.
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Sixth Boat Builders Festival: Boats, art, music & food
The sixth Boothbay Boat Builders Festival, on Sunday, Aug. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. will continue the Boothbay Region Land Trust's celebration of the working waterfront.
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Local News
Trenton – While growing up, Peter May had no interest in dinosaurs. Today, he makes a living recreating the giant reptiles for some of the most reputable museums in the world.
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In D.C., free attractions abound
WASHINGTON — There are so many free and cheap things to do in Washington that the biggest challenge is carving out enough time to take advantage of them. Many museums, monuments and other institutions — from the zoo to the botanic garden - that are run by the federal government charge no admission.
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Healing ceremony will start cleanup of defaced statue
A tarp has covered a large sculpture in St. Paul's Phalen Park since hate graffiti defaced it last month, but the president of Public Art Saint Paul believes the community should see what happened.
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Compiled by MAIZATUL NAZLINA
A solo art exhibition by artist Chow Chin Chuan is now being held at the NN Gallery until Aug 25. The exhibition entitled “Rest Stops,” will be his first exhibition with the gallery showing new watercolour works on paper.
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'Rockefeller' saga a tale of multiple IDs
Clark Rockefeller may not be a real decendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:
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Four lauded for their services
Four outstanding Malaysians were recognised for their efforts and contributions to society with one-of-a-kind HTC Touch phones designed by local designer Datuk Dayang Fatimah Tom Abang Saufi under the Touching Hearts, Painting Futures initiative.
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Go, Do, Learn
Theater open house; Medieval Maidens Day; Jefferson County camps; Youth recreation programs; Waynesboro YMCA programs; Pottery festival includes workshops for kids; Waynesboro YMCA programs
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Museum of Arts expansion continues
RALEIGH -- Construction is half way complete for North Carolina’s Museum of Arts expansion. The state funded $67 million for the project, and though it’s not set to open until April 2010 the progress is already visible.
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'Rockefeller' saga a tale of multiple identities
Clark Rockefeller may not really be a descendant of the oil tycoon, but if authorities and reports are to be believed, he sure was a lot of other things:
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Museum offers reward in vandalism case
PLYMOUTH, Mass. -- Plimoth Plantation is offering a $1,000 reward and a lifetime membership to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who damaged the replica Colonial village.
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GENERAL NEWS
HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH - Editor: Oonagh Montague It’s well and truly festival season. From pure, unadulyerated trad at the Masters of Tradition Festival in Bantry to crowning goats in Killorglin, it’s all here this August.
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You can adopt a painting for around $2,500
DAYTON — You may not be in a position to purchase a Mary Cassatt, a John Singer Sargent or a Winslow Homer, but here's an interesting alternative.
Dayton Daily News |
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THE BEST GAME EVER: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
In recent times, using the adjective "best" in the title of a book about a sporting event has been used liberally. A golf match, the seventh game of the World Series and the NCAA basketball championship tilt have all received the designation as the greatest contest in the history of the sport.
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Vandals ravage sand sculptures at B.C. competition
One of the Fraser Valley’s most popular events, an international sand-sculpture competition at Harrison Hot Springs, is reeling from vandalism to nine of its sculptures.
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Lakes! Loons! Legends! Logging!
A woman chainsaw artist carves a swordfish at Lakes, Loons, Legends & Logging. Thge festival continues through Saturday. (Sarah Smith/Enterprise)
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From the Eastsport Cafe at Lollapalooza '08: Tally Hall
Last weekend at Chicago's Lollapalooza festival (Aug. 1-3), which featured sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Kanye West, and Rage Against the Machine, SPIN.com kicked back in the air-conditioned Eastsport Cafe with Michigan quintet Tally Hall for a brief chat. More on SPIN.com: Artist of the Day: Tally Hall Lady Sov, Pinback Perform Covers for 'O.C.' ...
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Comedy Central TV actor to be ACT auctioneer
Nicey Nash, the TV actress best known for her role on Comedy Central's "Reno 911," will be the celebrity auctioneer at the 20th annual Arts for ACT...
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Rush Springs hosts melon festival this weekend
RUSH SPRINGS --While sweet, juicy watermelon may be the biggest draw for many Rush Springs 2008 Festival Expo visitors, there are also many other opportunities for entertainment at the annual event.
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At Off the Cuff, the Next Step Is Anyone's Guess
Last weekend we went to see Off the Cuff , part of the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation , and we've been mulling over what to say about it ever since. Improvisational dance--here, mainly of the contact improvisation kind--can immerse you in the middle of a free-floating, flow experience, as if you're a musical phrase being traded by jazz musicians. The connection is direct and ...
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China opens its long-sought Olympics spectacularly
China didn't just walk onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry. See photo gallery.
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Fifth UTTC Eagle Sculpture On Display
After three months of effort, the latest United Tribes Technical College eagle sculpture is in place.
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